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Det Supt Lewis Raw has appealed for the public's help in tracing the three men involved in a "serious sexual assault" attack in West Bank Park. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd

IF YOU want bobbies on the beat, you'll have to pay for them that's the message from North Yorkshire Police to York City FC. The club today reacted with fury after the force asked it to stump up more cash to police football matches. And at around £50

York Palestine Solidarity Campaign/York Against The War demonstration about the Israeli bombings in Lebanon and Gaza © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer

Photograph by Andy D'Agorne The copyright of this image remains with the photographer

Photograph by Andy D'Agorne, York The copyright of this image remains with the photographer

Alfred Brendel opened this magnificent, illuminating recital with a rare outing of Haydn's Piano Sonata in D (Hob.XV1:42) and yet he approached it with as much reverence as the later masterpieces. Every detail given its full appreciation, yet never

THE tenants of a dilapidated landmark building in York have been ordered to repair and re-occupy it. City of York Council has served a notice on Lionel Davis and Keith Carby to revamp the Bonding Warehouse, in Skeldergate. Property services

AWARD-winning York restoration company, Wm Anelay Ltd, has won the biggest contract in its 260-year history. The company, based at Osbaldwick, is starting work on the £4.5 million restoration of Gorton Monastery, Manchester, a building which has been

YORK's Apathy Party has launched its election campaign for 2007 so its lazy members don't have to think about having to launch it next year. The Rt Hon Sydney Couchpotato LFB (Lazy, Fat, ****ard), from Monkgate, and Roger Snotsonbeak The Opposite, from

THE victim of a terrifying rape is back at home recovering from her ordeal. Police say they are still hunting three men who carried out what police decribed as a "serious sexual assault" on the woman during last Thursday's attack in West Bank Park

NORTH Yorkshire Police are to "substantially increase" the amount they charge York City for policing home matches. Other clubs and event organisers are also likely to be hit hard by a new charging policy. Exactly how much York City will have to pay

THE Bonding Warehouse used to be a great pub in a magnificent spot overlooking the River Ouse. The riverside balconies made it a favourite meeting point and it brought life to a part of York once sadly neglected. Since then, the riverfront has gone

THE letter from Hugh Bayley MP concerning home care (The Press, Saturday, July 29) shows that he simply does not get it. He should be considering vulnerable people's feelings. Instead, he breaks his argument down into a question of two options centred

WE heard on the grapevine that St Leonard's Hospice had opened a small coffee shop to boost funds for the hospice, so decided to give it a whirl. It is run by volunteers, very friendly, pristine clean and sells tea, coffee, soft drinks, homemade fruit

WHAT a wonderful article about Ratty, the terrier catching the bus to the pub. He shows great sense in not drinking and driving! Who are these people who talk about dumb animals? Every newspaper should have a "smile-a-day" article such as this and

I HAVE read with great interest the letters about musical events held around York during the 1960s and 1970s. I started attending gigs in the city in the early 1970s and have seen numerous bands since. MC5 did play York Rowing Club in 1972 (sorry I can't

I was saddened to read of the recent sentencing of five young men for a brawl outside the Gallery nightclub last year. While I do not condone their behaviour at all, I feel a prison sentence is very harsh. Surely some form of community service would

I WONDER if any one can put me in touch with Peter Baldwin? We were pals at St Georges RC school from 1938-1942. When we left school at 14 years old I'm afraid lost touch with him. John Arnold Burnell. How to help: Anyone who has information

TEE off and help raise as much as £10,000 for our Guardian Angels Appeal by taking part in the first The Press Golf Day. Entries are coming in thick and fast, but there is still time to support our campaign to help improve life for the region's sickest

Is it right that teachers may be asked not to teach their pupils the difference between right and wrong? STEPHEN LEWIS and CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL report. QUESTION: when is teaching the difference between right and wrong not right? ANSWER: when you live

NEW recruit Danny Grimshaw will be thrown in at the deep end tonight as York City Knights seek a minor miracle at Hull Kingston Rovers. The rookie scrum-half will be given a pivotal role as the Knights, desperate for survival points, face a side who

So what if Andy Campbell isn't on his way to KitKat Crescent York City showed last night they have firepower to spare in a 2-0 friendly win over Leeds United Reserves. Minstermen boss Billy McEwan asked the ex-Middlesbrough man to call him over the

David Livermore has left Leeds United for Hull City just 12 days after joining the Elland Road club from Millwall for £400,000. Livermore arrived at Leeds on July 20, but his arrival was superseded by that of fellow midfielder Kevin Nicholls, a £700,000

TADCASTER Albion Ladies are looking for a new open age coach for the 2006-07 season, which kicks off on August 20. The role will include picking and coaching the senior team as well as helping at training on Tuesday evenings and taking charge of

THE opening leg of the three-match Inner-City Junior challenge got off to a flier at Langwith Lakes, near York. Under-16 anglers bagged lots of small carp from both Kevin's and Bethany's Lakes with York's Richard Devlin coming out on top. He took time

TONY Lawson (Spring Valley) won Saturday's 36-peg open at Spring Valley Waters, near Rothwell. After drawing peg 14 on Fox pond he settled into a steady rhythm with small carp on chopped worm and corn. Lawson went on to win the event with a 97lb 12oz

YEATS, who relished the step up to extended distances when winning the Ascot Gold Cup in June, can complete a notable Cup' double at Goodwood tomorrow. With Kieren Fallon, in the saddle at Royal Ascot, now banned from riding in Britain, Michael Kinane

THE letter from Mike Bradshaw (The Press, Saturday, July 29) about York City Knights giving Mick Cook a new contract was quite hard hitting. I do not agree with Mr Bradshaw's comments about the contract but was impressed to see that Mike, like me, sticks

SHERIFF Hutton Bridge took the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League first division title for the fourth time in five seasons when they beat Easingwold. Easingwold took first innings at Bridge and posted 157-5, Paul Skilbeck leading the way with 78. Nick Scaling

I WOULD have called it a travesty of justice if Mick Cook had not been offered the chance to coach the Knights for the 2007 season. To even imply that he is not a good calibre coach could not be further from the truth otherwise coaches such as John Sharp

A WHITE van involved in a terrifying accident on the A64 did not stop, police have revealed. As a red Renault Clio ploughed down an embankment, flew over a ditch, crashed through a fence and flipped onto its roof, the van driver drove off along the

HEALTH chiefs will meet with councillors today to outline their recovery plan to resolve a multi-million pound debt crisis. Members of Selby and York Primary Care Trust (PCT) will meet with members of City of York Council's health scrutiny committee

THIS 18-year-old is now on the sex offenders' register for five years after having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Both had spent the evening wandering the streets of Escrick, between York and Selby, and the girl had kissed other boys on the lips. Then

THE last time paramedic Lee Davison saw Charlotte Leighton, he was fighting a desperate battle to keep her alive. He was part of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance team which whisked the ten-year-old to hospital in Leeds by helicopter after she suffered

ALL new babies are loved and protected by their parents but few can receive as much loving care and protection as six-week-old Millie-Grace Wright. Her arrival has brought a special joy, but also a worry to her parents Kerry and Paul Wright, after they

BUNGLING bureaucrats have admitted they were wrong when they told a York mother she had received £10,000 too much in tax credits. Trish Temple and her partner, Dave Catlow, have received three letters from the Inland Revenue, all apologising for its

A NEW bio-diesel plant could provide a lifeline to farmers in the Selby district hit by the proposed closure of British Sugar's York factory. There are more than 1,200 farmers growing sugar beet in the region who will all be hit by plans to shut the